test post 18feb2019 1408

i'm using the links2 -g minimal, gui web browser.

i logged in okay. the sora server code sends email login activation links to two different email accounts. one email account i can use without javascript.

links2 -g does not support javascript nor css. it can display images. it supports html basics.

i'm using nothing but links2 -g to request the login link, check email and click the link, and to create this post.

the create process worked. now i'm updating the post in links2 -g.

links2 -g is a super fast web browser because it's a small program because it does not support a crapload of functions. this is the minimal web, which is closer to the original web.

accessing basic html files over a broadband internet connection is incredibly fast when using a minimal browser like links2 -g.

slow, bloated web browsers struggling to render bloated web pages make the web experience seem painfully slow.

the internet/web is fast, especially over a fast connection. websites are slow. web browsers can be slow.

i'm using links2 -g on my old linux desktop computer. by today's standards, this hardware would be considered slow. the newly updated firefox web browser is slow on this computer.

netsurf is another minimal web browser that makes the web appear to function faster. netsurf supports more html and css2 and maybe some css3. netsurf does not support javascript.

netsurf displays web pages better than links2 -g, but sometimes, websites are so poorly designed that without javascript netsurf displays nothing or netsurf displays a broken web page while links2 -g displays the content, similar to using the chrome and firefox add-on uMatrix cranked up to the max, blocking everything.

i like lynx too. lynx, links2 -g, and netsurf would be my three favorite minimal web browsers. of the three, i might choose links2 -g.

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